Student Writing

One World Education believes that students should write to be read, in addition to earning a grade. We select and publish around 1% of the exemplary writing from Student Ambassadors who completed the One World Program in order to model grade-level writing and to create a forum for peer-to-peer learning. Additionally, every student-authored essay is accompanied by a Reflection Experience, which is a series of content and reading comprehension assessments.

In his essay, Makaio calls out the prevalence of racial profiling in the US justice system and explores the ramifications it has on black men and their families. He argues that black families should be protected by laws that are fairly applied to everyone equally.

Luwam describes the scope of gun violence in America, suggests how laws could be improved, and argues that if we had stronger restrictions that enforce gun laws, we would see a significant reduction in the number of deaths related to gun violence.

In her essay, Kalkidan discusses the problem of teen pregnancy and proposes several solutions, including funding programs that help pregnant teens, having sex education start in middle school, and having more accessible and confidential contraceptive services for teens around the world and the US.

Tatiana argues that if we want to say we live in a democracy, the electoral college should be abolished. She describes its history and how it is no longer representative of the people, and how when she is old enough to vote, she wants to be sure her vote actually counts!

In her essay, Zora argues that Congress should implement a law that disqualifies anyone using hate speech during their candidacies, which she believes would help decrease the amount of hate speech used, and as the result, the number of hate crimes.

Emma argues that gendered advertising towards children needs to be stopped since it puts pressure on families to fill society’s rigid gender binary and it limits children’s future occupational opportunities. Having all children play with all types of toys in ads and removing gender-specific labels could go a long way towards ungendering toys.

In her essay, Reinna discusses the damages she believes climate change is causing to the environment and the world in which we live. After looking at the arguments for and against implementing policies to reduce climate change, she urges everyone to start reducing their impact now.

Cheraine argues that animal testing is cruel and needs to stop, describing the many damaging consequences for animals, humans, and the environment. She advocates for taking a stand to end animal testing by using alternative methods and boycotting animal tested products.

In his essay, Diego discusses what he, and people across the country, see as unfair court decisions concerning the deaths of unarmed people at the hands of policemen and what he feels the government must do to prevent these mistakes from happening again.

Taronne argues that video games contribute to a negative change in the behavior of children over time, so there should be stricter regulations on video games to in order to protect vulnerable young players from their detrimental effects.